King's Business - 1915-01

12 THE KING’S BUSINESS had been found which were “made in England.” In a religious journal—one of the best of English religious journals—in the notice of a Bible conference emphasis was laid upon the fact that no theology was brought forward that was “made in Germany.’3 One trembles to think what the harvest will be of such a showing of Satanic bitterness and hatred. Doctors of Divinity Enlisted in the Devil’s Army. IfliTw! ^¡1 N THE recent “Wet and Dry” campaign in California, perhaps «vi/j.1/ /A the mightiest weapons used by the saloon keepers and brewers of | “¿ J ) California to destroy the efforts of the better classes of people to Put the body-and-soul-destroying alcohol under the ban, were the utterances of Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst, D.D., of New York City, and Rev. Washington Gladden, D.D., of Columbus, Ohio. The following amazing telegram from Dr. Parkhurst was published far and wide by the forces of disorder: New York, October 20. C. A. Sharboro: I am amazed at the possible prohibitory action of California touching the matter of the manufacture, sale and transportation of wine. Such action would be a short-sighted con­ tribution to the cause of sound and wholesome temperance. People are going to drink and they are going to drink something that has a measure of stimulus in it, and to let them drink light wines is one of the surest means of preventing their drinking heavy whiskey. I know that, from having lived in wine-producing countries where wine is freely used by old and young and intoxication exceedingly rare. Tying a man up too strongly in sumptuary matters means that in course of time he will break his bonds and the last estate of that man will be wotse than the first. It is unAmerican and immoral to dictate to a man what his conduct shall be in matters that'are not intrinsically evil. C. H. P arkhurst . Dr. Parkhurst is a Presbyterian minister who has long been held in honor. It did not seem possible to the Presbyterian ministers of San Francisco that Dr. Parkhurst could have sent such a telegram as this to help the liquor forces in their battle against a sober state. Consequently they sent to him the follow­ ing telegram: San Francisco, Cal., October 26, 1914. The liquor interests are widely circulating a telegram purporting to have come from you denouncing prohibition for California. The Presbyterian Ministers’ Association of San Francisco cannot believe this true. We ask that you send denial by wire for publication. Committee. To their amazement and dismay Dr. Parkhurst replied as follows: New York, October 27, 1914. Telegram authentic. The wine habit antagonistic to the whiskey habit. ' C. H . P arkhurst . Staggered, hardly able to believe their own eyes, and yet forced to believe, the Presbyterian Ministers’ Association of the San Francisco Bay" cities put forth the following utterance, which was certainly justified by the circum­ stances : . J osiah S ibley , L . A. M c A fee , J. H. L aughlin ,

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